The wind was blowing, the sky was blue but that warm doona enticed us to stay in bed a little bit longer this morning, so after a bit of a later start we headed into the beaches to see if we could spot some more whales – this time with camera in hand!

We grabbed a quick breaky and hot chocolate at a cafe that looks out over Newcastle Beach – Liquid Gold Cafe – check ’em out if you’re in town.

Just what the Doc ordered on a windy cold morning

We saw a few puffs of whale breath far out in the ocean so we made our way back to the baths hoping a few might pop up closer to shore.

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The wind was whipping the top off the waves.

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Whilst the canoe pool was empty the waves were just lapping over the back due to their size and some were washing over the back of the main pool.

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As we hadn’t seen any whales earlier in the day, we headed back again in the afternoon after my meeting and we did at least manage to spot these guys, but that was a close and as active as they got today, i think they definitely had the sleepy Sunday migration blues today.

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The whales may not have been playing, but the surfers were out and trying not to get munched my the waves.

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The wind hadn’t dropped and the waves were still being whipped about by the wind and it was too cold to stick around for sunset today.